Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Totality

Xiaomi has always been that Chinese OEM to look out for due to a
number of reasons one of which is afforfability. The tech giant took it
upon itself to make the cheapest flagship yet, hence, comes the Xiaomi Pocophone F1. Pocophone is a new sub-brand which is concerned with
making flagships
at a very much reduced price. The first in the series is the Pocophone
F1 and it has a promising future if you ask me because it packs a lot of
feature at an ideal price.

Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Key Specs and Features

64GB/128GB/255GB built-in storage, up to 256GB memory card expansion support

Dual 12MP + 5MP rear camera and 20MP front camera

4G LTE

Fingerprint scanner (rear)

Face Unlock

4, 000mAh non removable Li–ion battery

Design and Display

The most obvious price cut featured comes in the design of the
smartphone which is plastic on the ordinary model. Although sturdy, a
plastic is only still a plastic no matter how good it looks and is also a
bad conductor of heat. However, the issue have been rectified by
featuring vapour chamber with a network of copper pipes to cool the
internals. You could also opt for an ‘Armoured’ version which has Kevlar
covering instead of plastic.
There is the notch which looks like an iPhone X
cutout housing the infrared illuminator, camera, earpiece that also
doubles has a speaker and other sensors. It packs audio jack, infrared
blaster, USB Type-C and bottom firing speaker all on the smartphone.
Premium quality is brought to the screen on the smartphone too with
its 1080p IPS panel. Not the best display around but it does offer a
decent colourful and radiant visuals. Large display is the rave at the
moment, and the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 delivers a substantial 6.18-inch of
it in a 18.7:9 aspect ratio.

Battery and Camera

It comes with the battery capacity featured in most of the Redmi smartphones
released this year and has you know the numbers are large. The Xiaomi
Pocophone F1 gets a 4, 000mAh battery inside with Qualcomm Quick Charge
3.0. According to gsmarena, it has a 94 hours endurance rating which
involves web browsing, calls and video playback.
Most flagships nowadays if not all, feature more than one rear camera
and the same thing happens here. The Pocophone F1 comes with a dual
rear camera, the same primary camera is the same as that on the Xiaomi Mi 8
which is a 12MP sensor and a 5MP camera for depth focus. To the front
of the smartphone you will find a 20MP f/2.0 aperture camera capable of
shooting HDR. The smartphone comes with electronic image stabilization
(EIS) but doesn’t have OIS

Hardware and Software

Where you know a true flagship is in the hardware section and the
Pocophone F1 comes with the latest of them all from Qualcomm. Powered by
the high-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and joined by Adreno 630
GPU. The smartphone works smoothly with benchmark scores that puts it
well within the range of other flagships.
Furthermore, there are different models varying in memory and storage
size. There is a 6GB RAM variant having either 64GB or 128GB storage
space. The more expensive one has 8GB internal memory and 256GB built-in
storage. It also features an hybrid memory card slot that supports
expansion by up to 256GB. The smartphone boots Android 8.1 Oreo but with
a different skin from MIUI that Xiaomi smartphones have. Instead it has
a close to stock POCO UI layered on top but still very much similar to
MIUI.

Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Pricing and Availability

The 6GB/64GB option sells for about 109, 000 Naira, 6GB/128GB for
close to 124, 000 Naira while the 8GB/256GB model for about 150, 000
Naira. The Kevlar covered variant is only available in the 8GB/256GB
option and it goes for 155, 000 Naira.